by £3.73 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:41 am
I have no time whatsoever for Mandelson or any other politician who can sleaze their way in and out of power by merit of being part of an old-boy network. Politicians increasingly appear to operate with impunity and in blatant disregard of the public they represent.
However, this incident was wrong.
It will doubtless have profound consequences.
Politicians will seek greater security, less access & interaction with the public, and greater legal punishment for any violations. (Mandelson is playing this part down, but he's a sly one).
If that happened to me I'd be raging, and I can understand why John Prescott did what he did in 2001.
The argument being, this time it was green custard, but next time it may be acid or something.
To be honest, the whole incident looks staged to me .... look closely at the clip .. no-one seems unduly bothered, the woman isn't aprehended, but allowed to just wander off ... doesn't that seem unusual ? This is despite the fact she's just commited an assault on a leading politician with who knows what, in the midst of a security presence and the world's media?
(check out the woman to the culrits left , who shadows her out the main gate, clearly talking to someone, either on a mobile or an earpiece)
The way things are going, it would appear Governments across the globe are expecting a lot of civil unrest due to the coming financial crisis, and are intent on putting countermeasures in place before it kicks off.
And I'd like to add that this woman is now on tv preaching DIRECT ACTION. Which I presume is a call to arms to the general public to get radical and pull similar (or worse) stunts. The more I see this trivial little incident, the more sinister it appears. This whole thing STINKS.
most days I feel like Gene Hackman in the Poseidon Adventure